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Hayward looks to be about two-thirds of the way up the I-880 if you were heading north to Oakland from San Jose. So, yeah - this had some sincere traffic impacts. All lanes of Interstate 880 in Hayward are open Wednesday morning after an electric Tesla semitruck caught fire on the freeway during the Tuesday evening commute. According to the California Highway Patrol, the fire was first reported in the southbound direction of the freeway between Winton Avenue and the Highway 92 interchange around 5:35 p.m. Officials closed the freeway in both directions due to the potential risk of hazardous...

Tesla Just Took Its First Step Toward Obliterating The Power Companies By Rob Wile 19 hours ago   View photo. Elon Musk just announced details of Tesla's plan to start pumping out lithium ion batteries like M&Ms at its planned "Gigafactory." Obviously, it's big news for electric vehicles as this should bring down the cost of a very expensive component.But it has equal and possibly greater significance for renewable energy.We've explained that power storage is the key to unlocking widespread renewable energy. For renewables to be truly cost competitive with existing power sources, they need to be able to provide a...

Tesla Nabs 8% of the U.S. Luxury Car Market By Chris Neiger | More Articles August 4, 2013 | Comments (0) As if Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA ) 280% stock price increase since the beginning of 2013 or becoming profitable in Q1 of this year wasn't enough, the Electrification Coalition released a report last week stating that Tesla's Model S made up 8.4% of the U.S. luxury automotive market in the first six months of the year. In the first quarter of this, year Model S sales outpaced Audi A8, BMW 7-series and Mercedes S Class sales. But what's really striking...

Somewhere, Elin Nordegrin is sorry she didn't think of this An Islamorada resident who says she was informed by friends that her husband was having an affair confronted him with the other woman and attacked her husband with a golf cart. You know what they say: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and rolling quietly at 12-14 miles per hour. Islamorada resident Anna Marie Reckwerdt, 41, has been charged with battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after the incident about 10 p.m. Saturday night. Reckwerdt arrived at her husband's Overseas Highway business, Robbie's Marine, to find...